[linux-lvm] Writing forward compatible applications using /proc

[Wichert Akkerman]

On 12 Aug 2001 13:54:02 +0000, José Luis Domingo López wrote:
> As far as I know, there are plans to remove much of the thingss that
> currently appear under /proc. It seems that only information about
> processes currently running will remain under /proc.

The name /proc already suggests it is a filesystem for processes,
not kernel configuration.

> Kernel parameters, system information, kernel variables and kernel
> tunables will probably disappear and will be replaced by some sort of
> user-space application that will allow query and modfication of kernel
> values and tunables. Something similar to Solaris' ndd, AFAIK.